“Diggers you say? We’re fricking heroes!”
The mining activities are the reason why Icarus station has been built, and ore extraction is what keeps the business running. The company, Mars and Earth see mining activities as paramount, and according to their plans they are to be considered a priority. The asteroid is littered with uranium ore deposits and radon gas pockets: the ore is extracted everyday, after proper prospecting, and then checked for quality and impurities, while the gas pockets are much more difficult to find. Kowmang also grants bonus money to mining, management and science lab personnel, whenever the extracted ore exceeds the production quota by a fixed amount.
Miners are definitely the backbone of Icarus Station: their work is hard and not without risks; the environment is dangerous and toxic: workers need to wear suits and depend on personal oxygen tanks while operating in the Mining Zone, which is a dark and scary place. Daily medical check-ups are in order to ensure the miners’s health.
COMPETENCE - FOCUS - BRAVERY - TOUGHNESS

Teaser: There's no point in denying it: work on Icarus is hard. Hard and dangerous. No one knows that better than Kowalski, the experienced and trustful chief of the Alpha shift. Kowalski wasn't born with the instinct of a leader, but having started mining work since a young age, Kowalski learned pretty quickly that only one thing matters: efficiency, and the safety that ensues. A mine is not a place to fuck around, gossip, shit talk, backstab or anything likwe that: you need to suit up, dig, and come back in one piece. That's all. This is a team leader's only objective, and Kowalski makes the best effort to achieve it. Whatever helps, is done: a friendly ear to a discontent worker, a diplomatic attitude between the management and the team, a proud stance against the ones who threaten miners' well being. Even the competition with the second shift team is kept to a friendly level. Kowalski might not be the strongest or the most charismatic chief around, but sure as hell very few are this competent and honest, and no one could ask for a better boss. A truly well-rounded hard worker, Kowalski is always seen around the station, busy talking to anyone, from workers to management: there is no one on the station who doesn't know the mining boss, and if someone seems to forget, Kowalski is the first to step in to get introduced: good manners, friendships and alliances can save your ass down there.

Relations: Wherever there are teams, competition grows: it encourages the workers to do better, and creates strong bonds. The rivalry with team Omega never exceeds to a outright competition, and Kowalski respects the colleague Agarwal.
Kowalski needs to keep an eye on Berg whose simple spirits often need a guidance, even when it runs full-throttle in the right direction. Lagos is a great miner, but driven by a sort of weaknees which makes Kowalski sad, and even angry sometimes. The hardest worker to keep under control is Donovan: too scared, too nervous, it feels like it would take just one more push to crack. Kowalski can count on Salomon, an efficient miner, always strangely in a good mood. Even a bit too much for a miner, actually. Kowalski works hard to keep in good terms with management: Linder seems the one who mostly understands the workers’ needs. Ortega is the Star-Helix member Kowalski knows best, and they are often seen talking.